It was previously titled Comancheria. At Cinemacon 2016 in Las Vegas, a standee was presented for the film revealing that the title had been changed to Hell or High Water.[1] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

Production

On April 18, 2012, Deadline reported that Sidney Kimmel Entertainment had acquired the heist film Comancheria, scripted by Taylor Sheridan, which SKE would finance and produce with Peter Berg of Film 44.[3] Berg was also potentially attached to direct the film. Endgame Entertainment and Focus Features were also among the studios bidding for the project against SKE.[3] The script won the best Black List script in 2012.[4] On April 2, 2015, it was announced that Jeff Bridges was set to star, while Chris Pine and Ben Foster were also in talks to join. David Mackenzie was set to direct the film.[5] On May 4, 2015, Pine and Foster were confirmed to play two brothers in the film, who attempted a bank robbery to save their family's farm in the West Texas, while Bridges would play a West Texas Ranger set to catch the brothers.[6]CBS Films acquired the US rights to the film, which Sidney Kimmel of Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Peter Berg of Film 44 would produce, along with Julie Yorn of LBI Entertainment, while Odd Lot Entertainment would also co-produce and co-finance the film along with SKE.[6]